Yorkers Poems - Poems about Yorkers

Standing in Line during the holidays

...When the Language Merge**

I walked into Bobby Department Store and yelled, “Where are the Jamaicans and Barbadians?” This might sound a little strange to most people; however, it’s that time of ye...

Let the Streets Flow with Blood

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     Advocate of rent control and $30 minimum wage
     Free public transportation! Zohran Mamdani’s a media-appointed Sage

         For all illegal immigrants, full privileges and rights
    ...

Lunch on Third Avenue

...Had lunch with a friend
And we sat in the shade
In a sidewalk arrangement
The restaurant made.

I live on the east side
And she on the west.
We meet to catch up 
At each other’s request.

T...

A Life in T-Shirts

...Going through a closet,
I was quite surprised to find
Several shopping bags of t-shirts
That my son had left behind.

While looking at them, one by one,
I realized they portrayed
His entire gr...

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I know, that there are no answers in cognac or armagnac
In the wine or sacred prayer,
No answers in geometry or trigonometry,
No response in Toronto, or Chicago,
That’s why we write t...

In Memory Of Pale Male

...In the heart of Manhattan, where the city thrives,
Lived a hawk named Pale Male, with piercing eyes.
On a grand Fifth Avenue ledge, he made his nest,
A symbol of nature, in the urban crest.
With ...

Lou And Doug

...“Politics is a contact sport” —Steve Chabot
It ain't over 'till it's over   —Yogi Berra

Loug And Doug

Pleasant gentlemen both, broad shouldered and tall
Good sports who respect the umpire's c...

The End of an Era

...My bathroom has a radio
Connected to the switch
That controls the light, so people think
That there’s some kind of glitch.

But whoever needs to use it
Hears the weather and the news
And the t...

India T20 Champions

...In the Caribbean's embrace, where legends roam,
India's cricket soared to claim their home.
Eleven years in the shadows, a relentless chase,
Now crowned in Barbados, with finesse and grace.

Roh...

Tupac'N Puerto Rican

...Written By:  D. Collins 5/22/24



 My Boom-Box played this beautiful collab.
 Two blood brothers rapping like we never had.
 T...

The Schock Od An Outsider

...New Yorkers, in general, are very notorious 
for walking way too fast, not moderately:
it's seen as an unpleasant remark;
tourists keep thinking to themselves,
" They're funny! " It's a stereotyp...

cats of Central Avenue

...Sixty-seven cats marched on Central Avenue Today
In the rain, for it is April, so hey, hey, hey
They had a mission, wanting kibbles and bits.
Some of them were demanding in spurts and spits.

Th...

They Pretended Not To See

...hiding in plain sight, she wove her way down the avenue
no one flinched or shied away, these were professional commuters
They kept walking, ignoring her like New Yorkers can and do
She wanted to d...

Grizzy Bear In the Middle of Times Square

...No one notices any other in the middle of times square
This was told to me by my cousins Tommy, Lee and Lair.
I bet if I sent out an enormous suited up grizzly bear
They would scream and run and y...

To B Or Not To B

...In the golden glow of a distant evening,

Awakens the uncertain soul of a photographer,

An elusive shooting star in these captivating streets,

New Yorkers offering her a name to avoid collisi...

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